Friends of Ostomates Worldwide (canada)
Charitable organization · ST Catharines, Ontario · BN 118932722RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,257,034) as filed with the CRA.
Friends of Ostomates Worldwide (canada) is a charitable organization based in ST Catharines, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.3M in revenue and $1.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $63K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 95% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $198K in 2020 to $1.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
We collect surplus ostomy supplies from across canada. We sort repack and ship these supples to ostomates in need overseas where they are distributed free of charge
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.3M | — | — | $152K |
| 2023 | $753K | $725K | $723K | — | — | $99K |
| 2022 | $631K | — | $617K | — | — | — |
| 2021 | $404K | $385K | $14K | $149 | — | $61K |
| 2020 | $198K | $190K | $8,299 | $85 | — | $41K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $63K from 3 charities:
- Canada Gives$50K
- Canadahelps Canadon$11K
- Ostomy Halifax Society$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lorne Aronson (president); John Molnar (vice-president); Richard Olley (director); Pat Cimmeck (director); Peter Folk (director); Joel Goldenberg (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Friends of Ostomates Worldwide (canada)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118932722RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.